Elden Ring Is Incredible If You Have a Spare 100 Hours

There's a lot to love about Elden Ring, even if you've never played a Dark Souls game before. Just make sure your schedule is clear. | Continue reading


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Trump's Truth Social Debuts in Apple's App Store, Hits No. 1 in Top Charts

Some people who downloaded the social media app received error messages when they tried to create an account. Others were placed on a waitlist. | Continue reading


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Best Buy's GPU restock gets locked behind pricey membership

Is a $200 membership worth a shot at buying an Nvidia GPU? | Continue reading


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Scientists catch chimps using insects to treat each other's wounds

The primates appear to care for one another using creepy crawlies. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

There's a way to delete the frightening amount of data Google has on you

We'll walk you through how to delete the information Google collects about you, from what you search to your location. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Brain surgeon: There's no point wearing bicycle helmets (2014)

A British brain surgeon says cycle helmets are too flimsy and can actually create more danger by creating the illusion of greater safety. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

New $10 Taco Bell subscription lets you snag a taco every day

The fast food chain's new Taco Lover's Pass lasts a month and is only available if you use the Taco Bell app. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

PayPal is considering launching its own cryptocoin, report says

The trusted internet payment system is reportedly exploring its own stable cryptocurrency. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp users targeted in phishing scheme

More than 39,000 websites pretended to be the login pages for Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp to trick people into entering their usernames and passwords. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

NASA releases Erie audio from Jupiter’s moon Ganymede

Is that a dial-up modem or a celestial body? | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Airline industry warns upcoming 5G deployment could cause hiccups for travelers

Interference from 5G signals using C-band spectrum could lead to flight disruptions, airline execs warn. Wireless carriers and FCC experts aren't so sure. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Google reportedly says employees defying vaccine policy will lose their jobs

Memo tells employees they risk losing pay and being terminated if the don't comply with the company's rules, CNBC reports. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Web-based metaverse platform Spatial raises $25M to enable 3D spaces on the web

One of VR's key social apps is moving away from VR headsets, and towards the web and commerce. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Apple launches AirTags detector app for Android, in effort to boost privacy

Apple's following through on a promise to help Android users identify nearby AirTags and Find My trackers that aren't with their owners. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Bored Ape Yacht Club: Someone accidentally sold a $300k NFT for $3k

"Fat finger" errors occasionally happen in traditional finance, but they're usually stopped or reversed. Not so with NFTs and cryptocurrency. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Adaptive headlights finally legal in US with infrastructure bill signed into law

We'll finally be treated to some great tech that outdated regulations kept from our shores. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Borland sues Microsoft over brain drain (1997)

Microsoft is hiring away key employees in order to put Borland out of business, the software maker says. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Federal judge blocks Texas social media 'censorship' law

The law would ban companies like Facebook and Twitter from blocking content based on political viewpoints. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Mysterious galaxy without dark matter puzzles astronomers

"The difference between theory and observation is only getting bigger." | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Sony fires Playstation executive that allegedly appears in pedophile sting video

He allegedly set up a meeting with a person who said they were a 15-year-old boy on the Grindr app. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Earth is getting a black box to record the downfall of civilization

The monolith will sit on an empty plain in Tasmania, Australia -- but there's still work to do yet. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

United becomes first airline to fly aircraft using 100% sustainable fuel

The engine using sustainable aviation fuel emitted around 75% less carbon dioxide than a flight using traditional jet fuel, the company says. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Starlink is reportedly testing its internet service for airplanes

The SpaceX-operated company is in discussions with "several airlines," according to Bloomberg. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Mounting a TV above your fireplace probably isn't a good idea even though the placement is convenient and stylish. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

2021 Tesla Model Y review: Nearly great, critically flawed

The Tesla Model Y seems like the complete package, but its active safety suite is so fundamentally flawed that the whole dish is completely ruined. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Amazon workers plan black Friday strike

One of the largest retailers might be short on workers on the biggest shopping day. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Amazon's never-ending fake reviews problem, explained

Those five-star reviews are reassuring. But what if a seller asks you to write one -- for cash? | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Microsoft killed its Courier tablet (2011)

Microsoft's decision to cancel its innovative Courier tablet computer a year and a half ago reverberates today, as the software giant plots strategy to catch the market-leading iPad. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Tesla server outage allegedly leaves owners unable to drive their cars

The issue appeared to span the globe. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

EV tax credits: Biden's bill passes House, wants to put $12,500 in your pocket

The House's version of the Build Back Better bill includes massive changes to the EV tax credit system. It passed the House and now it heads to the Senate. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

A woman who will bring back net neutrality

Jessica Rosenworcel, who is set to become the first woman to head the FCC, will also focus on closing the digital divide. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Atari is releasing three lost retro games as cartridges

Aquaventure, Saboteur and Yars' Return were planned for release on the Atari 2600 in 1983. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Microsoft Xbox at 20: Looking back at the original 2001 review

For the Xbox 20th anniversary, a games industry veteran revisits his original CNET review. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity Could Create Unhackable ATMs

Forget everything you know about cash machines. Cryptography theorists are completely reimagining the PIN system to try to better protect you. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Netflix released a horror movie written by a bot and it's spectacular

It's good. And by good I mean terrible. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Cryptocurrency faces a quantum computing problem

Two cutting-edge technologies that promise to revolutionize entire fields may be on a collision course. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Rectangular Starlink Dish

It's less expensive for SpaceX to produce, but the upfront cost to customers is still $499. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Nvidia and Lockheed Martin plan to fight forest fires with AI. Here's how

The companies have teamed up with state and federal firefighting services and are creating a dedicated lab to predict the path of fires to help stop them in their tracks. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

The untold story behind Apple's $13,000 operating system (2013)

CNET looks at newly surfaced contracts, design specs, and page after page of schematics and code, revealing how Apple created its first disk OS, a chapter of Silicon Valley history critical to its later success. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Porsche's eFuel could be a climate game-changer

Carbon-neutral gasoline? Sounds good to us. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Ford reveals Mustang Mach-E GT electric crate motor

This classic pickup has an electric powertrain, just as an example, but Ford will sell anyone this new Eluminator electric crate motor. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Facebook plans to break out its VR, AR business

The social network reported its third-quarter earnings on the day that more stories surfaced about leaked internal documents. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Tony Fadell talks about Steve Jobs and Inventing the iPod

For the 20th anniversary of the iPod, we talk with the inventor of Apple's iconic music player, Tony Fadell, who reminisces about working with Steve Jobs and the success of the device. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

What it was like to watch Steve Jobs introduce the iPod 20 years ago

When Apple's chief unveiled the iPod, on Oct. 23, 2001, I thought the small, white gadget, with its clickety scroll wheel, was totally cool. Two decades later, my version 1.0 is still cool. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

'Whoa whoa': iPod's inventor looks back on Apple's 'big risks'

For the 20th anniversary of the iPod, Tony Fadell, who invented Apple's iconic music player, reminisces about its creation in an interview with CNET. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

TV prices are the highest they've been in at least nine years

The cost of parts and shipping are up in 2021, which could lead to fewer doorbusters than normal this Black Friday. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Fisher-Price made a working Chatter phone for adults

The Special Edition Chatter Telephone is $60 at Best Buy -- and another batch goes on sale Thursday. | Continue reading


@cnet.com | 2 years ago

Small nuclear reactors could be the future of energy

Small modular reactors could make nuclear power much more common. NuScale Power is the first company to have its SMR design approved by the US government. | Continue reading


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